Aha. Similar creatures, then, but different series. Interesting.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
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Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Beverly - Jan 04, 2003 1:43:06 pm PST #2667 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Allyson - Jan 04, 2003 2:34:54 pm PST #2668 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
We called trolls "bezoars" at the Bronze, after the creatures in bad eggs that latched onto a host's back in order to control the host.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 04, 2003 3:09:40 pm PST #2669 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmmm, guess I'm slacking as a Trekkie here. I always assumed the "energy creatures" nomenclature derived from the id-controlled energy monster in Forbidden Planet.
amych - Jan 04, 2003 3:20:12 pm PST #2670 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
We called trolls "bezoars" at the Bronze, after the creatures in bad eggs that latched onto a host's back in order to control the host.
It's an appropriate Buffy ref, but I've never been able to get over the names of the creatures in the ep since the word "bezoar" basically means "hairball".
Not that that's a bad term for trolls either, now that I think of it.
John H - Jan 04, 2003 3:21:35 pm PST #2671 of 10001
The Star Trek thing makes a lot of sense though, what with the feeding off the conflict aspect.
EDIT: If we want a Buffy-specific reference, it should be "Do Not Feed The Yoko Factor [Creature]".
Cindy - Jan 04, 2003 4:26:44 pm PST #2672 of 10001
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We called trolls "bezoars" at the Bronze, after the creatures in bad eggs that latched onto a host's back in order to control the host.
And then a bunch of ex-Pat Bronzers coined the phrase Pfisters after Norman Pfister (one of "The Three") in What's My Line - because it more aptly described those pests that aren't strictly trolls or bezoars. The Pfister looks human, and can even act human, but he's really just a pile of maggots underneath, and sooner or later, after he makes his way into your home, he's going to devolve and get in your hair, up your ass and even duct tape won't keep him out. There's not enough Raid in the world...
Jeff Mejia - Jan 04, 2003 5:06:48 pm PST #2673 of 10001
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Do I get bonus points for knowing that the name of the original Star Trek episode with the energy creature is "Day of the Dove"? No?
I just wanted to add my perspective on how I use the board. I basically have used it for discussion of the shows, since the highly literate discussion has encouraged me to crank up my rusty critical faculties. I try to follow what's going on in Natter, but have never been able to really participate much, even back in the WX days, because I could never keep up. Now that is even more true. I just try to keep up with the show threads these days, and the Two Towers thread, since I am such a Tolkien fan. I don't feel that I'm on the outside looking in, though, because the right-side threads keep me updated.
Theodosia - Jan 04, 2003 5:59:30 pm PST #2674 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
FWIW, I first came across DNFtEC on GEnie. I think it's a good policy.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 05, 2003 2:32:40 am PST #2675 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
If we want a Buffy-specific reference, it should be "Do Not Feed The Yoko Factor [Creature]".
Do Not Feed Yoko!Spike. DNFY!S.
Sorry, just had to. And thanks, scrappy, that's fine.
t /natter
Herah - Jan 05, 2003 11:52:28 am PST #2676 of 10001
I don't want to be Superman. I want to stay little and be next to Mommy.
Energy creatures are a sci-fi staple. It would be hard to pinpoint the first one.